Richard Shelby actually said...

"Thank you, Mr. Inspector General. We appreciate the work you're doing, your dedication."

"we want to protect the Constitution, we want to protect the people against all enemies, foreign and domestic."

"And if there's any change in the laws on sentencing, it came from Congress--it had come from Congress to modify, repeal, or enact something to supersede it, is that correct?"

"Do you believe it's the--when you make priorities, as a prosecutor, that you should look at violent crime and get people off the street, get them out of doing harm to other people in institutions firs..."